4. Absence
Hector Berlioz
Les Nuits d'été
Claire Galloway, Soprano & Maestro Stuart Malina, Pianist

Market Square Concert Series
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
April 28th, 2024

Absence
Original French Text by Théophile Gautier
English translation by Claire Galloway

Return, return, my beloved;
Like a flower far from sunlight,
The flower of my life is closed
Far away from your vermilion smile!

Between our hearts - what distance!
So much space between our kisses!
Oh bitter fate! Oh harsh absence!
Oh grand desires, unfulfilled!

Return, return, my beloved;
Like a flower far from sunlight,
The flower of my life is closed
Far away from your vermilion smile!

From here to there, only fields,
How many towns and hamlets,
How many valleys and mountains
To tire horses’ hooves.

Return, return, my beloved;
Like a flower far from sunlight,
The flower of my life is closed
Far away from your vermilion smile!


Concert Sponsors: Hilary M. Simpson
Season Sponsor: The Carole DeSoto Foundation

About the performers:
Stuart Malina – [ Ссылка ]
Claire Galloway – [ Ссылка ]
Jonathan Hays – [ Ссылка ]

Recorded by Peter Sirotin
Filmed by Carina Seltzer, Mick Corman, Maya Nelson and Blaise Falkenstein
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